Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian Air Force jets in a major escalation of the Kashmir conflict.
An army spokesman said one plane had fallen inside Pakistani territory and a pilot had been arrested. There is no confirmation from India, which claimed to have shot down a Pakistani aircraft.
Pakistan earlier said it had hit Indian targets, a day after Indian jets struck militants in Pakistan.
The raids follow a militant attack in Kashmir which killed 40 Indian troops.
Both India and Pakistan claim all of Muslim-majority Kashmir, but control only parts of it. The two nuclear powers have fought three wars and a limited conflict since independence from Britain in 1947 – and all but one were over Kashmir.
Also on Wednesday, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Pakistani jets had launched air strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Pakistani- and Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Pakistan said it had “taken strikes at [a] non-military target, avoiding human loss and collateral damage”.
Indian authorities said the Pakistani jets had been pushed back – and one shot down.
Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian Air Force jets in a major escalation of the Kashmir conflict.
An army spokesman said one plane had fallen inside Pakistani territory and a pilot had been arrested. There is no confirmation from India, which claimed to have shot down a Pakistani aircraft.
Pakistan earlier said it had hit Indian targets, a day after Indian jets struck militants in Pakistan.
The raids follow a militant attack in Kashmir which killed 40 Indian troops.
Both India and Pakistan claim all of Muslim-majority Kashmir, but control only parts of it. The two nuclear powers have fought three wars and a limited conflict since independence from Britain in 1947 – and all but one were over Kashmir.
Also on Wednesday, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Pakistani jets had launched air strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Pakistani- and Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Pakistan said it had “taken strikes at [a] non-military target, avoiding human loss and collateral damage”.
Indian authorities said the Pakistani jets had been pushed back – and one shot down.BBC
